The title of this post shouldn’t surprise you. You’ve heard about the legendary appendage, the anti-gay bent of its owner’s cheesy moral philosophy, and the very young women who seem to be attracted, magically, to both.
Now comes a story about the ancient statue that resides in Mr. Berlusconi’s Rome office. It used to be missing a penis, like many ancient Roman statues (Stone penises are—or were—in great demand). Anyway, the Prime Minister ordered a replacement penis. For his statue. In the world of art that is Italy, it is not impossible for powerful politicians to get a historic (looking) penis on short order. The short-order penis cost the Italian taxpayers, which are few, a mere 70,000 euros. A bargain because the work is not done to spec, as we used to say in engineering.
The new penis isn’t that large. It is attached by magnet to the statue just in case they decide to do it over (but the idea that the owner might want to run off with it when he’s run out of office exists, even if only in the deep recesses of the warped mind of this writer). You can see a picture of the penis attached to the statue in the Telegraph article referenced below:
The 6ft-high sculpture, which dates from around AD175 and stands next to a similarly proportioned statue of Venus, is on loan from a museum and displayed in Palazzo Chigi, Mr Berlusconi’s office in central Rome. ~ New penis for statue in Silvio Berlusconi’s Rome office
What’s odd about this whole deal is that Mr. Berlusconi, who evidently has too much time on his hands, both censored a picture of a breast and added a missing penis to a statue in his office. What does that say about him?
I leave that question for you to ponder, gentle reader. Politics is hard.